Health Care Issues category: 1336 books
Queen of the Professions
The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
American medicine is under serious attack. The health care system is falling short of its major goal, improving the health of the population. The United States ranks only 35th in world life expectancy. But where American medicine arguably remains at a pinnacle in the world – in the status, wealth...
The Challenge of Change
Putting Patients Before Providers
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
The Challenge of Change is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of a major transition period in Ireland's health system. Brendan Drumm records his experiences as chief executive of the Health Service Executive (2005–2010) and recounts his vision for Ireland's health service.
While acknowledging...
Old and Sick in America
The Journey through the Health Care System
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients as they travel from the doctor's office to the...
101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care
Tips to Help You Spend Smart and Stay Healthy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Read Cynthia Koelker's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.
"Dr. Cynthia Koelker gives us the inside scoop on how to save money at the doctor's office and still get great care. Even if you have insurance, 101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care will still help you save your hard-earned...
by G C Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In the 1960s to 1980s, a heated controversy arose as to how best medical care could be delivered to individuals living in rural ‘third-world’ communities. This became polarised: should the national health budget be directed to primary health care with the exclusion of tertiary care (including...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), librarians are more frequently called upon to provide assistance with navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace and understanding health insurance terminology and forms. Libraries offer an ideal context for health insurance...
The Great Health Care Fraud
What Politicians Don't Want You to Know About Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This is the book that literally changes the face of health care as it allows insured individuals to claim the care and coverage they need regardless of what their health care insurance company decides to approve. It's a book that hasn't had a single fact or point of law contested from reviews by the...
by Kanchan Kabra
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Tips On Baby Care
by Kanchan Kabra
This book helps and advices you on small but sensitive issues, which are important to know and understand so that you do not feel guilty on certain situation you face while upbringing a baby.
About The Author :-
Kanchan Kabra is a big name in...
Special Treatment
Ten Ways to Get the Same Special Health Care Your Doctor Gets
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2004
Doctors have a built-in advantage when it comes to getting extra-special medical care. Their knowledge and connections help them to get better, faster, while avoiding unnecessary risks. Dr. Kevin Soden and Dr. Christine Dumas—seen regularly on NBC News Today—are leveling the health-care playing...
Care at the End of Life
An Economic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
This work carefully guides the reader through the methodological, policy and ethical challenges facing health economists conducting research in palliative care. It has collected the opinions of many cutting-edge researchers. Those who design and conduct economic evaluations or economics-related...
X-Rayed Book of Medical Care
Partial Truths, Half Lies
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The X-rayed Book of Medical Care is a carefully selected collection of medical essays. Village rulers (politicians), surreptitious academic researchers, and medical savants know whats best for us. They give us the truth and nothing but the truth, but not necessarily the whole truth. What you dont...
by James W Forsythe
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Finally, you have found the critical and necessary book that you've heard so much about, essential information on Surviving Obamacare. How can you, your company and family survive the new law, formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? As the overall public confusion intensifies...
Cover Me
A Health Insurance Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Growing up in middle-class middle America, Sonya Huber viewed health care as did most of her peers: as an inconvenience or not at all. There were braces and cavities, medications and stitches, the family doctor and the local dentist. Finding herself without health insurance after college graduation,...
What You Don't Know Can Kill You
A Physician’s Radical Guide to Conquering the Obstacles to Excellent Medical Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In 2003, Dr. Laura Nathanson was widowed after the misdiagnosis of her beloved husband. After this tragedy, she was determined to help others protect themselves and their loved ones from similarly preventable health care disasters—and help them benefit from health care miracles.
In What You...